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New Zealand

High income Capital: Wellington 24 regions
36%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 1M people.
MODEL16th of 183 most exposed World 21%High income 35%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
1M
of 2.9M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
7.0%
202K people
People in workILO
2.9M
47% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
5.1%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
14.4%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$49,591
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
94%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.75
8th of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
5.3M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
77%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
13%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
84%

Women and men

MODEL

Based on the real occupation mix of women’s and men’s jobs (ILO).

Women: any exposure 46%
Men: any exposure 28%
Women: highest exposure 10.2%
Men: highest exposure 4.1%

Women are +17.4 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
New Zealand 36%
High income 35%
East Asia & Pacific 21%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
New ZealandHigh income average
Digital infrastructure 0.19
Human capital & labour policy 0.18
Innovation & integration 0.16
Regulation & ethics 0.22

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.75 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

New Zealand is highlighted. The other dots are all countries with both measures.

Sources: ILO modelled estimates 2025 · World Bank WDI · IMF AIPI · Anthropic Economic Index · Wikidata · Natural Earth. How the estimates are made.

Regions of New Zealand